31 km
long Kamogawa ("wild duck river")
rises from Mount
Sajikigatake in the north of Kyoto, runs into Kyôto basin near Kamigamo
Shrine and
joins the Takano River in Demachiyanagi at the Kamo-ôhashi bridge and goes
through the center of
the city, below the historical bridges of Sanjô-ôhashi and Gôjô-ôhashi (s.a. Minamoto no Yoshitsune). The
riverbanks are popular walks for residents and tourists and in summer
restaurants open balconies looking out to the river. Further south Kamo
River meets the Katsura River
at Fushimi and becames together with Uji-gawa
and Kizu-kawa a tributary
of Ôsaka's largest river, the Yodo-gawa.